Commons speaker says he passed information to Met that Mandelson planned to flee UK

Lindsay Hoyle tells MPs that passing on the information to police was his ‘duty and responsibility’UK politics live – latest updatesThe House of Commons speaker has said he passed information to the Metropolitan police that Peter Mandelson planned to flee the country, after receiving information “in good faith”.Mandelson was arrested on Monday on suspicion of misconduct in a public office, relating to his friendship with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson has denied he planned to flee to the British Virgin Islands. Continue reading…